Road Trips

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On the road again • en route vers de nouvelles aventures !


In English …

Please 🙏  leave us a small comment if you watch the video. 🌬️

It makes us happy, we get to know you, and it really helps to grow our channel and ultimately to get our music to a larger audience which could really make our lives easier! 🎵 ✨

We’re boarding to Germany this afternoon!


En français 

Please 🙏 laissez nous un petit commentaire sous la vidéo, et abonnez-vous. 🌬️

Ça nous fait tellement plaisir, mais aussi, ça nous aide à vous connaître aussi. Et en bonus ça aide à la visibilité de la chaîne, ce qui aide aussi à faire connaître notre musique. Et peut-être un jour nous faciliter les choses quand on cherche des concerts. 🎵 ✨ 🎶

Embarquement sur le ferry pour l’Allemagne cette après-midi !

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Vlog and Vlog


Two links to video today! Deux liens vidéo aujourd’hui !

Un en anglais…

https://youtu.be/dbBhy0eLPKY

Un en français…

https://youtu.be/HZ3D2rbY51w

Next video will be an experimental music video and should be up later on this evening.


Ha oui, on donne des nouvelles en vidéo *et* en français. 📽️
C’était pas le genre de nouvelles qu’on aurait voulu donner, mais on fera avec!  🚒
On teste une chaîne séparée pour les Vlogs en français, vous pouvez vous abonner ! 🙏

Les vidéos musicales restent pour le moment sur la chaîne principale. ⛓️‍💥 Et on vous prépare quelque chose pour ce soir.

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Añriet Rolland · gwerz, street art and roads · final project !


This is the end ! The end of a long project… (let us know your thoughts under the video & share it if you enjoyed it!)

The full project consists of 2 versions of the song, a street art project, a video project and a digital art book (you can download it for free here https://mailchi.mp/a3049984bfa6/7ltzs84w13 – if you do so and enjoy it, please consider donating to honour the time we put into this creative project via http://www.paypal.me/astrakan).

You can download the 2 versions of this song as part of a single edition on Bandcamp here

The download will come with the full colour art book from the project, with lyrics, translations, facts about the song and the concept of Gwerz, thoughts about creativity, dreams and sacrifice.

The other version with vocal pitch lines (!) can be seen/listened to here:

The road trip street art projects got us along Brittany, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Denmark and Sweden.

This song was first recorded in 2014 for our album B, this is a fully remastered audio and video version.


Next weeks video should be another poetic vlog AND a music video, on the theme of letting go. Subscribe to the YouTube channel so that you get notified http://www.youtube.com/astrakanproject?sub_confirmation=1

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Video update & Ukrainian Folk


(en français plus bas)

A quick post to let you know that we’ll need a bit more time to get through the editing of the video for O Redek War ar Roz, about one more week (7 or 8 of June), that we are amazed by the footage we received from many of you, (we already said that, but the more we look at the videos, the more we think it!) and also that it will worth be waiting a bit longer!


We’re telling you more in this video (with bonus Ukrainian folk songs and music by some friends)

Ukrainian folk and British pop in Breton

Un petit mot rapide pour vous dire qu’on décale le final de O Redek War ar Roz d’une bonne semaine (7 ou 8 juin), que les playback que l’on a reçus sont géniaux (on l’a déjà dit, mais on le pense de plus en plus!), et que ça vaudra vraiment la peine d’attendre 🙂 


C‘est l’info principale, les détails sont en vidéo ici (en bonus il y a de la musique traditionnelle ukrainienne): 

trad ukrainien et pop british en breton


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On the (music) road. A long (emotional) road.


We’ve arrived in Greece after 2 weeks travel across the Balkan region (mostly Serbia and North Macedonia) that we miss so much. It had been 2 years since we hadn’t been around, and it really feels like we’re reunited with an ambiance that is deeply part of who we are – or rather have become.

 

We are very happy we had the plan to travel once the album would be released. We did some little promo before our departure, and thanks to the Internet (and easy cheap sim cards!), we can easily manage the rest of it for when we’ll be back to France early November.

Our happiness comes also from a more relaxed way from our behalf to deal with the album release. It’s a true fact that with the experience, we get better at it. And I’m not necessarily referring to the contacts, or the sequence of what needs to be done. That’s the easiest part in a way.

I’m here rather referring to the emotional part of the release, how having a limited audience in a niche style affects what we can do at release time. Basically, despite of the nice support we got during the crowdfunding campaign, we didn’t have huge crowds waiting for Inês album. Also, we got amazing feedback from some media, but also plenty of no replies from radios we’ve worked with previously. From people too. Some sales in the first week, though nothing exceptional.

Honestly, it can be an artist’heart’s killer! But as I said, we now plan for it, and planning for what we most love in the world *travelling* certainly smooths all the mixed feelings we experience. And don’t get us wrong! We do enjoy every bit of this amazing project, all is part of the game, it’s just music after-all, isn’t it? And as years pass by we do improve at staying motivated and grateful no matter what.

http://www.astrakanproject.bandcamp.com/album/in-s

§ Simone.

 

 

 

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The Tale of the Coffee Mug [video]


The Tale of the Coffee Mug that set itself free. A true story, inspired by our road trip, our love for travel and freedom, and with a music initially planned for next album Inês.
And obsiosly driven by Yann’s legendary passion for coffee !
(sorry, wordpress seems not to want to integrate our video today, you’ll have to follow the link, but it worths it! We promise, the music is beautiful ! Click the pic ! )
The Tale of the Coffee Mug - van life
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Video script & edit : Simone Alves
Music : Yann Gourvil & traditional from Brittany
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Support our music and future projects! Stream/share/buy/gift our music :
Or visit Simone’s Art shop : https://www.etsy.com/no-en/shop/RosaBorboniana

 

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Music under the Northern Lights


A small animation made with pictures of Northern Lights – we wish we had the equipment to film this beautiful show.
Music was the primary study for next album Inês (based on a medieval portuguese love story – and a true tragic love story !). Since we completely changed the idea, you still may enjoy it without spoiling it ! Again, a new concept by Astrakan Project : the fake teaser !

Honestly it is weird for us to imagine very soon when we’ll head to the South we won’t be scrutinising the sky for the magical Northern Lights.

montage fourgon nordlys

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The long awaited visit inside our converted van!


Everything is in the video ! Enjoy !

 

Remember to support our next album release, you can order / gift / share our music here (and if you’re quick enough it will be sent out to you from the far cold North in Norway!)